On February 26th a man waiting for his six-year-old daughter to be dropped off from school, had no idea he would be Lansing Michigan's first reported victim of "the knockout game". According to numerous reports, groups of young men approach unsuspecting people and try to knock them out with one blow. These unprovoked attacks have resulted in death.
So as this young man waited for his daughter a van circled the block a few times and eventually stopped when three kids stepped out.
The [man]was attacked by 17-year-old Marvell Weaver. But Weaver did more than try to knock his victim out, he tried to do it with a taser. Luckily for the victim, the taser didn't work and he was able to protect himself with his concealed-carry .40 caliber pistol.
"He shoved something into my side. I wasn't sure what it was. It had some force to it. I wasn't sure if it was a knife or a gun," said the victim.
Weaver was shot twice, in the leg and an inch away from his spine. He's been sentenced to a year in jail for the attack, but he admits he's getting off easy.
"It was just a lesson learned. I wish I hadn't played the game at all," said Weaver.
But Weaver say's this wasn't the first time he'd played it. Before he was caught, he and his friends had attacked random people on several occasions.
Weaver said they liked to target crowds because it would be easier for them to get away. It could be played during the day or night, and it didn't matter who the victim was, man or woman, old or young; anyone could be a potential target.
He had no idea that playing it would one day almost cost him his life, and land him in jail. [WILX]
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